Recipe - Creme De Menthe

1 cup (packed) fresh peppermint or
spearmint leaves, rinsed
and dried
3 cup Vodka
2 cup Sugar
1 cup Water
1 teaspoon Glycerine (optional
thickener)
Green food coloring
(optional)

Makes 1 quart.

Bruise the mint leaves by crushing them in your hand. Steep them in the
vodka for 10 days, then strain out. Put the leaves in a square of
cheesecloth or a piece of old clean nylon hose and wring out into the rest
of the vodka.

Combine sugar and water in saucepan. Bring to boil and simmer 5 minutes,
stirring constantly. Let cool to room temperature, stir in flavored vodka,
and add remaining optional ingredients. (The flavored vodka won't be more
than tinged with green without adding coloring. The amount of food coloring
is up to you depending on how green you want your liqueur.)

Funnel into bottles and seal tightly. Let mature for 2 weeks before using.

Posted to FOODWINE Digest 11 Dec 96

From: Constance Felten constance_felten@IL.US.SWISSBANK.COM

Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 11:08:21 0600